Internet, alt.obituaries, 2004-12-15Information trouvée :Décès 2004 : Digby McLaren, who has died aged 84, was an internationally respected head of the Geological Survey of Canada but later became better known as a crusader for political action to safeguard the planet's resources. Digby Johns McLaren was born on December 11 1919. A keen orchid grower, McLaren was appointed FRS in 1967 and OC in 1987. He was President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1987 to 1990, when he enhanced both its finances and its public image, and also had the rare distinction, for a non-American, of being President of the Geological Society of America.